Hello!
My name is Debora Daniela Wendland Amorim. I am from Brazil
and I also am an exchange student at SUNY Oswego (Oswego, USA). Making the
decision of studying abroad was really hard for me. I needed to choose between
graduate last year (2014) and study one year and six months abroad and postpone
my graduation in two years. Studying abroad, understanding new cultures and
meeting people from all around the world was an ancient dream of mine. And so,
the opportunity came out and I submitted my application, but I had been
struggling with these two ideas during months. It was in the summer break (Dec
2013 - Mar 2014) that I realized that another opportunity like this one will
not show in front of me again, so soon. I could graduate when I come back. But
another to study abroad with everything paid... Who knows?
Ok, now I was decided. On the other hand, I was not feeling prepared for it. I am majoring Physics, and had been a long time since I had coursed my English classes (from 8 to 13 years-old, and I was 20). By all these years, I had learned a good English, but I could not remember a lot of things. I arrived here, in USA, for learning English at first. After 4 months of only English classes, I feel much more confident than I was before. Now, I need to face more 2 semesters of academic classes. I had had a lot of concerns last semester about it. And if I am not able to understand the professors? And if I fail on the courses? And if the courses be so difficult? And if.. And if... I had a lot of and ifs. I chose five courses and one lab to do this semester, thinking that I will drop the most difficult. But after this first week of classes, I decided that I will not drop anyone of my classes. I know that some of them will be hard, and a couple of others will be laborious. In the end, I know, everything will be fine.
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